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A British teenager suspected of being a major player in LulzSec -- the now notorious group of computer hackers responsible for attacks on sites ranging from Sony and Sega to the CIA -- has been arrested in the U.K.SkyNews identified the teen as Ryan Cleary of Wickford, Essex, although police declined to identify the suspect because he has not yet been charged with a crime.The arrest of the 19-year-old comes in the wake of weeks of seemingly random hacks against a variety of online targets, and just days after the group claimed it brought down the Central Intelligence Agency's website.LulzSec appeared to make light of the arrest in a Tweet on its Twitter feed Tuesday morning."Seems the glorious leader of LulzSec got arrested, it's all over now... wait... we're all still here! Which poor bastard did they take down?" LulzSec wrote.The Monday night arrest, a joint operation by the Essex Police, the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) and the FBI, was announced Tuesday by police...
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A teenager believed to be a leading member of the Anonymous and LulzSec online activist groups appeared in a London court Monday charged with hacking offences includ...
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UK suspects linked to Lulz Security hacking collective plead guilty to computer crimes.
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Australian police have arrested a man they say is affiliated with international hacking collective Lulz Security on a charge of attacking and defacing a government w...
The hacker group known as Lulz Security claimed Wednesday that it successfully brought down two Brazilian government websites in fresh attacks.It came after British ...
The FBI arrested two alleged members of the hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous on Thursday morning in San Francisco and Phoenix and secured charges against a ...
Two British members of the notorious Lulz Security hacking collective pleaded guilty to a slew of computer crimes Monday, the latest blow against online troublemaker...
From hacker to hackee. The anonymous LulzSec group has made waves hacking everyone from media companies to the government. But a second hacker squad plans to take it...